As the world rings in the new year with fireworks and celebrations, Haitians have a unique reason to rejoice on Jan. 1. It’s a day that marks their hard-fought independence from the oppressive grasp ...

Most New Year’s Day food traditions are meant to bring good luck into the new calendar year. For example, the custom of eating collard greens and black-eyed peas on the first day of the new year has ...

Here we are, celebrating the first Sunday of 2024. Perhaps the word “celebrating” is not quite appropriate, seeing how the new year came in just about how it went out — with violence and upheaval in ...

Washington, D.C. — Embassy of Haiti Friday, Dec. 19, 2025 Hosted in partnership with the Association of Haitian Professionals ...

South Florida’s Haitian community is fighting forward, looking ahead to a promising 2025 with the sixth annual Soup and Champagne All-White Affair.

It hasn’t been an easy few years for Haiti’s homegrown musical sound. Crisis in the Caribbean has kept artists from touring, COVID has dampened gatherings and ongoing immigration enforcement in the ...

Get ready, North Miami! We’re thrilled to invite you to the 7th Annual Soup Joumou Celebration — a vibrant cultural tradition ...

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y.— Pots simmer across a packed stovetop. Onions, potatoes and other vegetables are chopped wherever kitchen surface is found. Nicholas Julien remembers going to sleep with his mother ...

Nashville-based Haitian chef Lamar Alvarez talks about food culture and life in Tennessee. The Little Things host Meg Grisolano sits down with Nashville-based chef Lamar Alvarez to talk about portion ...